Wednesday, April 19, 2006

One of Those Fun Things

The fun thing about being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the preoccupation so many have regarding Mormons and polygamy. In my experience with the inquisition, I usually just laugh with others or inform the misinformed of our modern habit of defining marriage between a man and a woman...not two...or three. Of course, the really smart and respectful outsiders observe how long ago it was we ceased the practice of polygamy. Granted, Mormons have a unique and sometimes bewildering historical narrative. But what gets me now is a certain new strange preoccupation with polygamy among members of the Mormon Church (I am Mormon, to be sure), largely due to HBO's made-for-television Big Love, even though the show's opening disclaimer disaffiliates practicing Latter-day Saints from so-called polygamist practicing families. (The words "so-called" deserve a whole notha' post, but it ain't gonna happen here. I'll let you know when that happens.) (Seeing that wonderful image above helps me understand the preoccupation so well.) Specifically, I've noticed this preoccupation on certain Yahoo! groups I regular, which I'm sure the reader will be able to find if they just do a few searches.

As for Big Love renewing, already been done.

Oh, and another very strange preoccupation? Here is a disturbing Yahoo! group. Note the intro: "We welcome everyone from GLBT folks, to mormons, to poly folks, to libertarians into this group. Perhaps we can all work together for a change, to end marriage tyranny." Now how is that for maligned? The "whole notha' post" I was talking about will certainly bubble up from time to time, I'm sure.

posted by Rhapsidiomite @ 11:47 PM
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